Well then that's different. That isn't the case here though. I don't hear or
read about these laptops not turning on after 3 years all the time in here,
so the point you were making on me is lost. In this particular case,
warranty or service is not justified. A design defect should maybe be looked
at more closely, but usually evidence of the design defect would should up
during the warranty period.

From the first post in this string:

"...Quite a few people are having this problem from the looks of the user
groups
on Compaqs support forums...some of the folks in the support forum say
that they found it to be a solder problem between the power switch and the
motherboard. They also say that Compaq/HP should do the right thing and fix
all of these dead laptops for people for a nominal fee since it seems to be
a design/engineering defect..."

Certainly I don't know if the statements are correct, but IF they are, I tend
to agree.

Dale